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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission delivered the industry a mixed report card mid-morning in the release of its anticipated report into the disclosure o...

Financial planning

Accountants have received support to provide advice on all non-self managed superannuation structures after a recommendation by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corpo...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has updated its criteria for foreign collective investment schemes (FCIS) offering products into Australia and...

Financial planning

The Federal Opposition is signalling its intention to move even further than the Government in terms of life-time fee disclosure with respect to superannuation....

Financial planning

While the ACA/ASIC Quality of Advice survey may have come as no surprise to the FPA, the planning industry is still reeling from the fallout, as JULIE BENNETT reports....

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has warned that the salaried financial advisers of banking institutions may not have to disclose all the influences inducing t...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), in line with its ongoing efforts to improve risk disclosure to investors, has released an overview of common ...

Financial planning

Consumers are still struggling to fully understand fees and charges within the superannuation sector according to the latest research released by the Association of Super...

Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has appointed a deputy chief executive officer John O'Shaughnessy, following the recent decision by the then depu...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has put institutions with aligned advisers on notice after a recent surveillance project found that commission...

Financial planning

Attempts by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) and the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) to agree on a single fee measure for sup...

Financial planning

St.George-owned Ascalon Capital Managers has taken a 25 per cent equity stake in Victoria-based boutique fund manager First Samuel, taking the group’s equity positions in...

Financial planning

IWL will roll out its latest VisiPlan offering - version six - over the next few weeks following significant enhancements in terms of straight through processing capabili...

Financial planning

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) had “constructive” talks on Friday and will meet ...

Financial planning

The Government’s proposed fee disclosure regulations have been defeated in the Senate, with the Australian Labor Party’s motion to disallow the draft rules passed with th...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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